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Originally Posted by rubicon
EPutnam: the majority as reflected on this site seem to be enamored with the developer and anything"even remotely connected to "the villages". Why? A developer by any other name is a corporation that is going to get as much from you as the traffic will bear and at the least possible costs. In this case the residents pay all the bills to put this place on the map and they paid dearly.
I am not an attorney but for many years,on any given day I oversaw hundreds of lawsuits across the country.
I explained on these pages early on that LLC was in violation of federal laws and they would have been wise to strike an immediate compromise.
Some posters are dismissive of the award to the plaintiffs but the facts are that they won this lawsuit.
What concerns me is that The Villages (Developers) lawyers have been very cavalier with our money and the costs of defense for this case must be staggering.
It then begs the question exactly how should the amenity fees be defined and thus applied?
One poster claimed the definition was to cover comfort, convenience and passion? My rebuttal was then a resident could claim convenience, comfort and passion for a call girl and the amenities fees would cover it.
On a serious note lawsuits keep popping up here and they are a result of the (The Villages Lake-Sumter, Inc, (TVLSI) ( the Developer's) decisions but the TVLSI shifts the burden on residents.
There is not one organization here that has the guts and the know how to face up to this entity.
I just hope that if the district does continue LLC it does so in such a manner that residents are not caught up applying amenities fees to them in any way and that the legalities of this operation are separated and independent of residents being financially obligated.
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It has been my understanding that compromises were offered for the last 8 years, non of which was acceptable to these plaintiffs. Persons capable of signing were offered, but because they were not CERTIFIED signers, were rejected. My question is: How do these same people making these demands get along in everyday life without Certified Interpreters? It was not like these courses were going to impact their lives to the point of interfering with their ability to make a living or obtain Masters or Doctorate Degrees.
Turn on the closed captioning of your TV and see how accurate/inaccurate it is. It is not perfect, but you can usually understand and follow the spoken words. The same type of technology was tried in the LLC, but because it was not perfect, was rejected. Even written material supplied specifically for them was not acceptable.
I was in the doctor's office the other day where a deaf couple was there. To my knowledge, the office does not offer Certified Interpreters. There was no one else with them, so how does that play out for them?
Just my take on the whole thing. I understand they have a problem. So does one of our grandsons, but does well without special accommodations.
As for the amenity fees being used to settle the lawsuit, why would they? Amenity fees did not support the LLC in the first place. That was never included in our amenities. LLC was open to anyone, I believe. If so, then the amenity fees could not apply to settlement of the suit.